{"id":19688,"date":"2021-04-29T16:48:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=19688"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:37:00","slug":"philippe-litzler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/philippe-litzler\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippe Litzler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Philippe Litzler, Editor-in-Chief of OPENEYE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">&#8220;The photographer is the one who sees what others look at without seeing\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Philippe Litzler attended the classes of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Allan Porter<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">, the Editor-in-Chief of the legendary CAMERA magazine, at the University of Basel, which strongly influenced his graphic approach to the presentation of a photo magazine.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Editor-in-Chief of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>PHOTO SUISSE <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">magazine of the Swiss Federation of Photography, he has produced more than 60 issues. He was also the Editor of the French part of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Swiss Photography Review<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">, the magazine of the Swiss Professionals.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">In the meantime, he has been a columnist for the Geneva magazine <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>PHOTO-CIN\u00c9-EXPERT<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> and for the monthly <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Photo S\u00e9lection<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> in Quebec.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">He was also the Editor-in-Chief of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>France Photographie<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> magazine, a position he held for 9 years (45 issues) until June 2016.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">He has given many conferences throughout France on Photography and still offers seminars that help to understand the evolution of photography and also how to improve one&#8217;s own images. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">In May 2016, he was invited to exhibit his photographic work at the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>National Library<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> in Beijing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">He is the Editor-in-Chief of <strong>OPENEYE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0magazine, today&#8217;s look at photography, which &#8211; in addition to being digital and bilingual French-English &#8211; is also free and interactive, with about 40&#8217;000 subscribers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">He has also been solicited as a photo judge in prestigious national and international competitions (European Kodak Portrait Award, Royal Belgian Grand Prix of Photography, Catalan, ISF World Cup 2019, SIPA 2019 and 2020, Trieste Photo Day 2021 and 2022, International Street Photo Award for several years, etc.), organizing himself in his time many prestigious competitions such as the Grand Prix d&#8217;Auteur de la FPF.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openeyelemagazine.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>www.openeyelemagazine.fr<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippe Litzler, Editor-in-Chief of OPENEYE &#8220;The photographer is the one who sees what others look at without seeing\u201d. 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